You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast.

I'm Jen Ridey, and on this episode, I'll be sharing a few thoughts on how to be the most

stress-free host you can be for the holidays and how to feel stress-free as the visitor.

Stay tuned.

Hi, I'm Jen Ridey, and this podcast is for women who want to feel more vibrant,

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to get your sparkle back and ensure that depression, anxiety, and struggle don't rule your life.

Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast.

Hey there, it's the holiday season, which means you are probably going to be gathering with family, friends, or loved ones. Now, with gathering

can come drama. Drama happens when you put a lot of people together, each with a different idea or image

or picture in their minds of how things should go, different things they like to talk about,

different ways of handling stress and emotions, and drama will happen.

We always seem surprised when drama happens because we think the holidays are going to be

picture perfect.

And when they're not perfect, we feel we have failed.

The holiday has failed.

The holiday is ruined.

I want to prevent that from happening for you.

So I'm going to share a few thoughts on how to be a better host and be a better

visitor for these holiday gatherings. For example, as the host, I hope that my visitors will be on time,

that they will complement my tree and my food, that they will help to clean up,

that they'll play a board game. And if things don't go according to plan, things will be

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